On 22 Apr 2004 at 15:12, Herman Rubin wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Robert J. MacG. Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: . . . . > For students wishing to do graduate work in mathematics or > statistics, a graduate committee has little to go by, and > the GPA is one of the worst parts. This is especially the > case as the great majority of American students getting > undergraduate degrees in mathematics have not had even one > decent real mathematics course.
Is it really that bad, given there now is published so many good undergraduate books? For instance, the Springer Undergratuate series seems really good. I just got my hand on Davis Cox, John Little and Donal O'Shea: "Ideals, Varieties, and Algorithms", which seems really good, and teaching proofs and understanding. Should have had that a 20 years ago! Kjetil Halvorsen Courses in how to calculate > solutions do not help in understanding anything. > . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
